In 2023, Maria Reva and her sister were on a train hurtling through a Ukrainian night toward the battle-scarred city of Kherson. They were hoping to reach their grandfather, still there in the midst of carnage. It was crisis time for Reva in more ways than one. The novel she had started to write back in Canada was in jeopardy: what she had originally envisaged as a lighthearted romp satirizing Ukraine’s controversial “romance” tours had been upended by Russian aggression. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was slammed by several separatist opponents in the province Monday after he said that the province should stay part of Canada, no matter what. Read More

When U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to increase tariffs on Canada in a letter last week, he complained that the federal government had "financially retaliated against the United States." Read More

A California mother has been charged with manslaughter and child cruelty after her infant son died from allegedly being left inside a car on a 100-plus degree day while she was getting lip filler injections at a medical spa in late June. Read More

OTTAWA — Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said this week’s First Nations summit with Prime Minister Mark Carney won't be the last negotiation over his recently passed major-projects bill, but the beginning of a longer process. Read More

Paris — France's first lady has taken her case against two women over claims she used to be a man to the highest appeals court after a lower court let them off, her lawyer said Monday. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said fentanyl was his reason for slapping a 35 per cent tariff on our country, to take effect on Aug. 1. Whether that was a fair excuse or not, Canada is indeed doing an abysmal job of dealing with crime, including drug trafficking. Read More

The Department of National Defence said Monday that the four military-linked individuals accused in an alleged terror plot did not get their weapons from the Canadian military. Read More

Those who travel by car between the U.S. and Canada at crossings like the Peace Bridge have grown accustomed to long wait times over the years, but drivers headed in either direction today rarely face delays. Read More

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We’ve lost sight of where Prime Minister Mark Carney is pointing his elbows as U.S. President Donald Trump keeps smacking Canada with more economic threats. Brian talks this week about Carney’s erratic political shapeshifting with Conservative adviser Ginny Roth and veteran Liberal adviser Warren Kinsella, and asks: Is our new prime minister emerging as a progressive, a conservative, or someone who will just say anything to placate the public? They also discuss the not-so-certain future of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, now boxing against a shadow opponent while his party members try to decide if he’s the right man to keep leading them. And, if so, what will he stand for if Carney keeps stealing his ideas? (Recorded July 11, 2025) Read More

Hudson's Bay is firing back at one of its biggest lenders. Read More

The Toronto Police's hate crimes unit has announced it has arrested and charged a man on two suspected counts: mischief relating to religious property, and mischief interfere with property. Read More

Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who were hanging out of windows screaming for help, authorities said Monday. At least 30 people were hurt. Read More

The CEO of TikTok is asking Industry Minister Melanie Joly for an urgent meeting about the federal government's order directing the company to shut down its Canadian operations. Read More

A small plane crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday at London Southend Airport, which was closed until further notice, officials and witnesses said. No information on any casualties was immediately available. Read More

Two major commercial pilots' associations have rejected claims human error caused an Air India crash that killed 260 people after a preliminary investigation report found the plane's engine fuel switches had been turned off. Read More

Police say they are looking for a group of migrants who were inside a vehicle that collided near the Canada-U.S. border in southern Quebec. Read More

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A “cascade of preventable failures” within the U.S. Secret Service nearly cost President Donald Trump his life during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last year, according to a Senate committee report released Sunday. Read More

President Donald Trump prides himself on being a dealmaker, but his negotiating style is more ultimatum than compromise. Read More

Mexico is projecting confidence that it will fend off a new set of 30 per cent tariffs that President Donald Trump threatened Saturday to impose next month, with talks already underway to avert the worst. Read More